Monday Morning Message 3.30.2020 Our North Star

“Professor Garlock….During this unprecedented time, it has been extremely tough for myself and my fellow classmates to navigate remote instruction. We all think you have done a splendid job in easing this transition for us. We recognize that this transition was and is not easy for you either… As you remember, the first year of law school is the most difficult. It has become even more difficult coupled with the unique circumstances we are facing. Despite it all, you have demonstrated an unequivocal passion for teaching and sincere regard for your students.” -1L Student

Monday Morning Message 3.23.2020 Set Apart To Feel Together

"The great paradox, of course, is that we had to be set apart in order to feel together… Solidarity is not a feeling; it’s an active virtue….It’s solidarity that causes a Marine to risk his life dragging the body of his dead comrade from battle to be returned home. It’s out of solidarity that health care workers stay on their feet amid terror and fatigue. Some things you do not for yourself or another but for the common whole.” – David Brooks, New York Times, March 19, 2020

Monday Morning Message 3.16.2020 We Are All In This Together.

“Our CSU Pandemic Response Team continues to work together to aggressively prevent the spread and transmission of COVID-19. We continue to remain vigilant, and will continue to communicate with you as events evolve during this difficult and uncertain time…. this new workforce flexibility reinforces our resolve to limit health risk from COVID-19 to the CSU community — and the Cleveland community at large — while maintaining our focus on delivering on our Engaged Learning promise in these challenging times.” – CSU President Harlan Sands

Monday Morning Message 3.9.2020 No Ladders Up.

“We have to take a “no-ladders up approach” ….we have to make sure that even when we have achieved the numbers that women and persons of color believe make a real leadership presence within our profession, we have to make sure we are not leaving behind any colleagues, those with disabilities, or our LGBTQ+ colleagues. Because if they are left behind, our profession is not at its best for the people we serve.” – Judy Perry Martinez, President, American Bar Association

Monday Morning Message 3.2.2020 Life's Most Persistent and Urgent Question

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.” – Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

At CSU Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, we continually seek ways to support students on their paths to live justice. For students interested in public service and public interest work, that can often mean making a tough choice between paid employment or an unpaid position with a government or non-profit organization. This can be a difficult choice when coupled with student debt, the expense of attending law school, and overall living expenses.

Monday Morning Message 2.24.2020 Our Unsung Heroes

“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” – Cynthia Ozick

“The real heroes are not necessarily the ones in the headlines.
The real heroes are the ones you don’t hear about.
The ones doing the jobs that need to be done.
The ones fighting against the odds who still manage to inch forward.
Don’t be concerned about fame.
Be concerned about the best you can be.
Because it’s better to be an unsung hero
Than a sung unhero.” - Anonymous

Monday Morning Message 2.18.2020 We are the Champions...

Yesterday was President’s Day, so this message is being sent Tuesday morning.

“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.” - Frederick Douglass

“We cannot play ostrich. Democracy just cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work. In the chill climate in which we live, we must go against the prevailing wind. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust…” - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall 

Monday Morning Message 2.10.2020 Support a Student's Dream / Nominate a Legend

“ Words cannot express the gratitude I have for the scholarship you all have so kindly decided to offer me…You all have given me the opportunity to fulfill my destiny and for that I am forever grateful ! My son will one day be able to say that his mother was given a chance despite financial hardship, and this blessing can teach him that if you dream big enough, no obstacle will be big enough.” -1L Student

 Each year, there are two days when we have a special focus on raising funds for our law school. The first is on Giving Day in February. The second is our Annual Hall of Fame event, which will be on November 6.

Monday Morning Message 2.10.2020 Support a Student's Dream / Nominate a Legend

“ Words cannot express the gratitude I have for the scholarship you all have so kindly decided to offer me…You all have given me the opportunity to fulfill my destiny and for that I am forever grateful ! My son will one day be able to say that his mother was given a chance despite financial hardship, and this blessing can teach him that if you dream big enough, no obstacle will be big enough.” -1L Student

 Each year, there are two days when we have a special focus on raising funds for our law school. The first is on Giving Day in February. The second is our Annual Hall of Fame event, which will be on November 6.

Monday Morning Message 2.3.2020 We're here because of 4 a.m.

“Those times when you get up early and you work hard, those times when you stay up late and you work hard, those times when you don’t feel like working, you’re too tired, you don’t want to push yourself, but you do it anyway. That is actually the dream.” – Kobe Bryant, 2017 jersey retirement speech

 “We’re not on this stage just because of talent or ability. We’re up here because of 4 a.m. We’re up here because of two-a-days or five-a-days. We’re up here because we had a dream and let nothing stand in our way. If anything tried to bring us down, we used it to make us stronger. We were never satisfied, never finished….” – Kobe Bryant, accepting the 2016 ESPY Icon Award

Law school is hard.